context is decisive

Context is decisive. We navigate from birth to death by building from nothing a context for our lives. We are born into the social context of our culture. Then we discard that which does not work for us and create (or borrow) new bits and pieces that shape us and inform our decisions.

We like to think that we control our destiny. That we have free will. We do. Mostly, though, we don't really know that we do. We mostly live within the context we inherit without giving too much thought to it. Oh, we do nibble around the edges, making changes here or additions there. Mostly human beings don't give core beliefs a second thought. Sometimes we don't even give them a first thought.

How is our context created? We inherit a cultural conversation about right/wrong and good/bad. Most every change we make to the context of our lives involves a shifting of our belief about what is write/wrong or good/bad. We redraw the lines in the sands of our system of beliefs.

It is why we fight against that which we think is bad or wrong and we fight for those things we believe to be right or good. But what if there is no right/wrong or good/bad? What context is there if we disallow our opinions of proper and improper?

What context can you create if you stop considering something needs to be fought against or fought for?

Life is an carnival ride. We each get to decide if the trip around the circuit is fun and exciting or it is horrid and terrifying. It takes willingness. To create a "clean" context, one has to be willing to discard one's point of view about how the world works. A willingness to disbelieve that which we believe is the "real way" that life is.

Not an easy thing to do. But, it does alter the nature of the ride from birth to death!

Not the truth, just a self-generated context that allows for self-determination beyond that which is available by default. It is a great game!